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Assessment of myocardial perfusion and function with PET and PET/CT

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    Arkadiusz Sitek PhD, Stephen C. Moore PhD, Marcelo Di Carli MD & Sharmila Dorbala MBBS, FACC

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  3. Cardiology, Henry Ford Hospital, Detroit, MI, USA

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Al-Mallah, M.H., Sitek, A., Moore, S.C. et al. Assessment of myocardial perfusion and function with PET and PET/CT. J. Nucl. Cardiol. 17, 498–513 (2010). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12350-010-9223-5

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